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Exodus 1:1-18

NIV 1
These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:
NIV 1
These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:
NIV 2
Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah;
NIV 2
Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah;
NIV 3
Issachar, Zebulun and Benjamin;
NIV 3
Issachar, Zebulun and Benjamin;
NIV 4
Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.
NIV 4
Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.
NIV 5
The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all; Joseph was already in Egypt.
NIV 5
The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all; Joseph was already in Egypt.
NIV 6
Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,
NIV 6
Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,
NIV 7
but the Israelites were fruitful and multiplied greatly and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.
NIV 7
but the Israelites were fruitful and multiplied greatly and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.
NIV 8
Then a new king, who did not know about Joseph, came to power in Egypt.
NIV 8
Then a new king, who did not know about Joseph, came to power in Egypt.
NIV 9
"Look," he said to his people, "the Israelites have become much too numerous for us.
NIV 9
"Look," he said to his people, "the Israelites have become much too numerous for us.
NIV 10
Come, we must deal shrewdly with them or they will become even more numerous and, if war breaks out, will join our enemies, fight against us and leave the country."
NIV 10
Come, we must deal shrewdly with them or they will become even more numerous and, if war breaks out, will join our enemies, fight against us and leave the country."
NIV 11
So they put slave masters over them to oppress them with forced labor, and they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
NIV 11
So they put slave masters over them to oppress them with forced labor, and they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
NIV 12
But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites
NIV 12
But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites
NIV 13
and worked them ruthlessly.
NIV 13
and worked them ruthlessly.
NIV 14
They made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their hard labor the Egyptians used them ruthlessly.
NIV 14
They made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their hard labor the Egyptians used them ruthlessly.
NIV 15
The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
NIV 15
The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
NIV 16
"When you help the Hebrew women in childbirth and observe them on the delivery stool, if it is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live."
NIV 16
"When you help the Hebrew women in childbirth and observe them on the delivery stool, if it is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live."
NIV 17
The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live.
NIV 17
The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live.
NIV 18
Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, "Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?"
NIV 18
Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, "Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?"

New International Version

Exodus 1:1-18

NIV 1
These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:
NIV 2
Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah;
NIV 3
Issachar, Zebulun and Benjamin;
NIV 4
Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.
NIV 5
The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all; Joseph was already in Egypt.
NIV 6
Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,
NIV 7
but the Israelites were fruitful and multiplied greatly and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.
NIV 8
Then a new king, who did not know about Joseph, came to power in Egypt.
NIV 9
"Look," he said to his people, "the Israelites have become much too numerous for us.
NIV 10
Come, we must deal shrewdly with them or they will become even more numerous and, if war breaks out, will join our enemies, fight against us and leave the country."
NIV 11
So they put slave masters over them to oppress them with forced labor, and they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
NIV 12
But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites
NIV 13
and worked them ruthlessly.
NIV 14
They made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their hard labor the Egyptians used them ruthlessly.
NIV 15
The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
NIV 16
"When you help the Hebrew women in childbirth and observe them on the delivery stool, if it is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live."
NIV 17
The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live.
NIV 18
Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, "Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?"